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Harvest

John Craven joins a farming family in Dorset to discover why bringing in the harvest this year has a special meaning, and Lindsey Chapman reveals how a Suffolk church helped visiting swifts survive the summer.

35 minutes

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Sun 27 Sep 2015 17:30
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Music Played

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  • Matthias Claudius

    We Plough The Fields And Scatter

    Choir: Congregation of Pershore Abbey. Conductor: Paul Leddington Wright. Featured Artist: Michael Pegg. Featured Artist: Claire- Louise Appleby. Featured Artist: Natasha Wilson. Featured Artist: Neil Aston. Featured Artist: Jo Mayne. Featured Artist: Cath Cordey. Music Arranger: Paul Leddington Wright. Lyricist: Johann Abraham Peter Schulz.

    Tune: Wir Plugen Composer: Matthias Claudius

  • Thomas Obediah Chisholm

    Great Is Thy Faithfulness

    Choir: Congregatio of New Community Church, Southampton. Conductor: David Lawrence. Featured Artist: Michael Powell. Featured Artist: Rachael Joseph. Featured Artist: Ruth-Ellen Hones. Featured Artist: Russell Boniface. Featured Artist: Chelange Joseph. Featured Artist: Joseph Connell. Featured Artist: Ben Reid. Music Arranger: Michael Powell.

    Composer: Thomas Obediah Chisholm

  • Reuben Timothy Morgan

    Still

    Choir: Andrea Begley. Featured Artist: Jonathan Rea. Featured Artist: Joanna Byrne. Featured Artist: David McCann. Featured Artist: Martin Surginor. Featured Artist: Rebekah Durston. Music Arranger: Jonathan Rea.

    Composer: Reuben Timothy Morgan

  • Rev Lloyd Crossfield

    O Come Let Us Sing To The Lord

    Choir: Twyford Church of England High School. Conductor: Lloyd Crossfield. Featured Artist: Enoch John. Lyricist: Pslam 95. Lyricist: Rev Lloyd Crossfield.

    Composer: Rev Lloyd Crossfield

  • George J. Elvey

    Come, Ye Thankful People, Come

    Choir: Choirs and Congregation of All Saints' Church, Evesham. Conductor: Paul Leddington Wright. Featured Artist: John S. Bailey. Lyricist: Henry Alford.

    Tune: St George's Windsor Composer: George J.Elvey

  • Maurice Bevan

    There's A Wideness in God's Mercy

    Choir: Congregation of Manchester Cathedral. Conductor: Gordon Stewart. Featured Artist: Manchester Camerata. Featured Artist: Christopher Stokes. Music Arranger: Robert Ramskill. Lyricist: F.W. Faber.

    Tune: Coverdale Composer: Maurice Bevan

Stories

Harvest

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John Craven joins the Foot family, who work their 3000 acre farm near Weymouth, Dorset to discover why bringing in the harvest this year has a special meaning.

John meets Judy Foot, whose husband Charles died suddenly two months ago, and finds out how her Christian faith is helping her deal with her tragic loss amidst the pressures of this year’s rain-affected harvest.

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Andrea Begley

Claire McCollum meets blind singer Andrea Begley, the winner of Â鶹Éç One’s The Voice, to discover how her remarkable story is inspiring others.Ìý Andrea, who has just ten per cent vision, is now an ambassador for the Royal National Institute for Blind People (RNIB) and she reveals how her faith has helped her cope with the many challenges she has faced.

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Swifts

Springwatch presenter Lindsey Chapman travels to Worlington in Suffolk to find out about the church helping one of our most enduring birds – the Swift.

She learns how the demolition of a nearby cottage meant the swifts would soon be homeless, until the church community stepped in.Ìý

Music

  • We Plough The Fields And Scatter was performed by the Congregation of Pershore Abbey.
  • Great is Thy Faithfulness was performed by the Congregation of New Community Church, Southampton.
  • Still was performed by Andrea Begley at St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast.
  • O Come Let Us Sing To The Lord was performed by the Twyford Church of England High School at the Albert Hall Conference Centre, Nottingham.
  • Come, Ye Thankful People, Come was performed by the Choirs and Congregation of All Saints' Church, Evesham.
  • There's A Wideness in God's Mercy was performed by the congregation of Manchester Cathedral.

Credits

Presenter John Craven
Presenter Lindsey Chapman
Presenter Claire McCollum
Producer Adam Purver
Series Producer Matthew Napier

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